Np3/NT7 coating

[TradLife406]

I want to get my bolt bodies slick coated. Seems like it'd be a slick way to get away from lubing. Especially when I'm in blowing moon dust.

I've tried dry base lubes and they will either work or gum up.

Anyone know of a good coater that won't take 12 weeks to coat a tikka bolt? Did some googling and the prices seem sub $100. Which would be great if it only took a month max with shipping both ways.

 

[RockAndSage]

I want to get my bolt bodies slick coated. Seems like it'd be a slick way to get away from lubing. Especially when I'm in blowing moon dust.

I've tried dry base lubes and they will either work or gum up.

Anyone know of a good coater that won't take 12 weeks to coat a tikka bolt? Did some googling and the prices seem sub $100. Which would be great if it only took a month max with shipping both ways.

Low-friction coatings are definitely the way to go when you can make it happen. In addition to NP3, also take a look at DLC - it's a lot harder and more durable, and very slick. Some places can also do Titanium Nitride in different colors, but that's the gold coating you see on drill bits.

You're right about dry lubes - they've never really been a viable option for more than a few cycles. About the only place where you might get a little genuine utility with them is in mag bodies, and in the rarest cases, guns in such arctic conditions where no wet lube available stays unfrozen. But the cycling limitations still apply. The forces that keep dry lube in place are really light magnetic forces, often less powerful than moon dust on a range.

One of the more accessible services I've come across was recommended to me here, https://dscgunworks.com/

 

[TradLife406]

Low-friction coatings are definitely the way to go when you can make it happen. In addition to NP3, also take a look at DLC - it's a lot harder and more durable, and very slick. Some places can also do Titanium Nitride in different colors, but that's the gold coating you see on drill bits.

You're right about dry lubes - they've never really been a viable option for more than a few cycles. About the only place where you might get a little genuine utility with them is in mag bodies, and in the rarest cases, guns in such arctic conditions where no wet lube available stays unfrozen. But the cycling limitations still apply. The forces that keep dry lube in place are really light magnetic forces, often less powerful than moon dust on a range.

One of the more accessible services I've come across was recommended to me here, https://dscgunworks.com/

Thanks!

Kinda wish I'd have had some sort of coating last week at S2HU. Wed rinse out the actions at night with the garden hose then lube them. Next day the wind would blow crap into the actions and make sledge with the Slip 2000.
Form would be screaming at me to reset and prep (run the bolt), im tryin masta but she gettin dirty

 

[vonb]

I have NP3 on a KMW built .308 on a Surgeon. Top notch and slick. 18 years running and it’s still slick!